Documentation Centre for African Studieshttp://hdl.handle.net/10500/2844
Wed, 16 May 2018 15:22:50 GMT2018-05-16T15:22:50ZALBERT JOHN LUTHULI PAPERS (1942-1967) (DCAS Acc 135)http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8506
ALBERT JOHN LUTHULI PAPERS (1942-1967) (DCAS Acc 135)
CAMP; Ryke, Ammi
ALBERT LUTHULI PAPERS 1942 – 1967
The Albert Luthuli collection consists of 2 microfilms, a product of the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) and was bought from the Centre for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chief Albert John Luthuli was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia around 1898. In 1908, after his father’s death, his mother took him to Groutville, Natal, to attend a mission school. After finishing his school career, he studied to become a teacher, and became a lay preacher as well.
In 1944 he joined the ANC, moved up through the ranks, and was elected President- General in 1952. He died in 1967 when he was hit by a train.
The documents cover the period 1942 to 1967. Although it has not been logically arranged, it gives an overview of the political developments in South Africa from the late 1940’s to the late 1960’s.
The documents are described in the inventory in the same order as it was recorded on the microfilm.
Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Documentation Centre for African (DCAS Acc 135). 2 reels of microfilm.
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10500/85062013-01-04T00:00:00ZDR J S MOROKA COLLECTION (DCAS Acc 46)http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5960
DR J S MOROKA COLLECTION (DCAS Acc 46)
Ryke, Ammi; Van Gylswyk, Annica
Dr James Sebe Moroka (1892 – 1985), was a medical doctor, as well as a politician.
After completing his schooling, he attended the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where he qualified as a medical doctor in 1918. He returned to South Africa, and set up a practice in Thaba’Nchu. In 1933 Dr Moroka went to Vienna, Austria for post-graduate studies. He returned to South Africa, after qualifying as a surgeon in 1936.
Dr Moroka’s political career started when he became involved in Black people’s resistance against the Native Trust & Land (draft) Bills of JBM Hertzog. Moroka participated in the first meeting of the All African Convention (AAC) that was held in Bloemfontein in December 1935, and he was elected as treasurer of the AAC in 1936.
JS Moroka’s association with the ANC began in 1942, and in 1943 he became a member of the Atlantic Charter Committee of the ANC. He rose to prominence, and in 1949, supported by the Youth League, was elected president-general of the ANC. Defiance of the Nationalist government’s policies, led to the arrest of 21 leaders (including Moroka) of the ANC under the Suppression of Communism Act, on 30 July 1952. All accused received a suspended sentence.
At the ANC Annual Conference in December 1952, James Moroka was defeated by Albert Luthuli.
Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Documentation Centre for African Studies (DCAS Acc 46). 3 Boxes.
Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10500/59602012-07-03T00:00:00ZD D T JABAVU COLLECTION (DCAS Acc 47)http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5959
D D T JABAVU COLLECTION (DCAS Acc 47)
Ryke, Ammi; Van Gylswyk, Annica
DDT Jabavu (1885 – 1959) was an academic and politician. He went to school at Lovedale and at Morija Institution in Basutoland. He completed his high school career in Wales, after which he started his studies at the University of London. Between 1906 and 1912 he completed a bachelor’s degree, majoring in English, as well as a diploma in Education.
Davidson Jabavu returned to South Africa in 1914, after undertaking a trip to the United States, where he visited Tuskegee and other black institutions. On his return to South Africa, he was appointed as the first member of staff at Fort Hare, which was to open the following year. Throughout his career, his reputation grew and at his retirement as professor of Bantu Languages in 1944, he was Fort Hare’s most prominent African faculty member.
On the political front Jabavu was also active. In the 1920’s and early 1930’s the Cape Native Voters’ Convention, with Jabavu as president, became the most outspoken opponent of proposals for the disfranchisement of nonwhites.
Jabavu, together with Abdul Abdurahman of the African People’s Organization, played a major role in the organizing of the Non-European Conference. It was attended by Africans, Coloureds and Indians. Meetings took place between 1927 and 1934.
In December 1935, Jabavu & Pixley Seme of the African National Congress convened the first meeting of the All African Convention, an umbrella organisation that consisted of various organisations that were opposed to segregation. In 1943 the Non-European Unity Movement was formed, with Jabavu as chairman.
Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Documentation Centre for African Studies Acc 47). 8 Boxes.
Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10500/59592012-07-03T00:00:00ZTom Swartz Collection (DCAS Acc 60)http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5244
Tom Swartz Collection (DCAS Acc 60)
Van Gylswyk, Annica; le Roux, Annette
Tom Swartz (1904 – 1975)
Tom Swartz was a South African politician and a leader of the Coloured people. He was active in Coloured politics, and attended the Coloured People’s National Union (CPNU) Conference in 1947 where he was elected Vice President. In 1953 he was one of the Coloured leaders who discussed the question of the Coloured people’s franchise with Dr DF Malan, the Prime Minister.
Mr Swartz was nominated as a member of the Union Council for Coloured Affairs and appointed its first chairman in 1959.
He was also the first president of the Federal Coloured People's Party (FCPP) founded in 1964. He remained the party leader until July 1975. After he had suffered a serious stroke in 1974, he could no longer play an active role in politics.
In 1968 the Coloured Persons' Representative Council (CRC) was established. Provision was made for 40 elected and 20 nominated members. The FCPP lost the first elections for the CRC in 1969. The FCPP gained a majority in the House because the government filled the nominated seats with FCPP members and Mr Swartz was appointed Chairman of the Executive Management.
The Tom Swartz Collection (6.6 linear metres)
The collection consists of the private papers of Mr Swartz, including diaries, notes, political speeches, press statements as well as documents concerning the Federal Coloured People's Party (FCPP) and South African politics between 1960 and 1974.
The collection was donated to the Unisa Archives in November 1975 by Mr Peter Swartz, son of Mr Tom Swartz.
Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Documentation Centre for African Studies (DCAS Acc 60). 67 Boxes.
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10500/52442012-01-24T00:00:00Z